Director, JV Accounting

Job Summary

Who Are We?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.

Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.

Who Are You?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

The Role

We are looking for a Director of JV Accounting who will oversee accounting and financial reporting for the LATAM division, ensuring accurate results, timely closes, and compliance with US GAAP and company policies.

This role will work closely with local finance teams, joint ventures, and corporate accounting to standardize processes and strengthen internal controls, and report to an SVP, Group Reporting and Controlling.

What This Role Will Do

• Lead, manage, and mentor the accounting team. Set priorities, assign responsibilities, balance workloads, and provide training and performance feedback in a supportive working environment.
• Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close. Establish deadlines, review journal entries and reconciliations, and hold team members accountable for complete and accurate deliverables.
• Oversee preparation and review of financial statements and supporting schedules for consolidated reporting. Analyze the P&L and balance sheet, investigate unusual balances, and resolve reconciling items.
• Ensure appropriate US GAAP accounting for revenue, expenses, accruals, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, foreign currency, and non-controlling interests, including current and long-term classifications.
• Review JV financial reporting and coordinate with local finance teams to resolve accounting differences, reconcile intercompany balances, and support consolidation and eliminations.
• Oversee accounting integration for acquisitions, including opening balances, reporting requirements, and adoption of company procedures. Review acquisition transaction costs and legal expenses for proper treatment and timely accruals.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously strengthen the accounting policies, procedures, and internal control environment required to support accurate financial reporting and SOX compliance, where applicable.
• Partner with the Director of Accounting to ensure accounting policies, financial-reporting controls, and audit requirements are appropriately designed, implemented, and monitored.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, assign supporting schedules to team members, review responses, and ensure findings are resolved on time.
• Review annual joint venture financial audit results for completeness and accuracy; validate shareholder distribution calculations to ensure each shareholder is paid the correct percentage and amount in accordance with governing agreements.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, and corporate finance on reporting and compliance matters. Support budgets, forecasts, and management requests with reliable accounting information and variance explanations.
• Identify and implement improvements to accounting systems and workflows, including ERP transformation projects, to improve efficiency and reporting quality.

What This Person Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required, CPA strongly preferred. An MBA or public accounting experience is a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including direct management and development of an accounting team.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, accounting operations, financial reporting, consolidations, and internal controls.
• Experience with multiple entities and currencies across LATAM, including foreign currency translation and remeasurement, intercompany eliminations, and non-controlling interests.
• Experience with joint ventures and acquisition accounting integration preferred.
• Ability to review detailed accounting work, resolve complex issues, and manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leadership and local finance teams.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial reporting systems. Oracle and BPC experience is a plus.
• English and Spanish proficiency required; Portuguese is a plus.

Benefits

Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match